Loading-machine.



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LOADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1909.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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1 LBPLIOILTION FILED JUNE 23, 1909. Patented Mar' 25, 5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

R. 0. COUCH. LOADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1909. 1 ,057,122. Patented Mar. 25, 1913,

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i5 certain newand useful Loadin Mach1ne, of v Param' errrca l ROYDEN o; coUcH, or cHAnLEs'roN, WEs'r VIRGINIA, AssmNoB; oFoNE- Tnrnpfro Lcrimenes.Lw;:a131aI.I.',. oF CARBON; WEST-VIRGINIA, AND oNEffrHInD 'ro our.` WILLEY, or CHARLESTON, WEs'r VIRGlNIA. Y A 1 LOADING-MACHINE.

To all 101mm ztmay'cocemi' Beit-known that L RoYDEN' O.

'of' Charleston,` in v the county 'offKanawha and -State of -Wes't'Vir'ginim have invented a which'the following is a speci cation.

My invention relates to a machine for transferringloose materials from a place of deposit.'

Vhile applicable Vfor useinhandling any material Vin broken up orzdivided` form, the machine' herein illustrated'fo'r the purpose of disclosing thenature of the invention,

is `designed more particularly Vfor handling 'coal and delivering it to av car or other veh icle in which it is to betransported.

Inasrnuch aslthe marketyaluefof coal is directly influenced by excessive disintegration, it isY the purpose of my invention 'to pick upsuccessive charges of coal in continuous' operation, -by av method v vhich will reduce breaking to a minimu m and deposit said coal `upo n a conveyer belt by which l it willjbef removed'to the point Where itis 'tobe discharged o r delivered to another con--y` v'eyer belt for transfer to the pointrof dis-' `1 -v 4orrcars'nithe mine, and such operations are.

s-generailly carriedonat poi-nts moreor less removeV from main'lines of trackage,-it isdesirable'fto have convenient vmeans forvt'ransv85 charge." I. A -Qne feature of my (present, Vinvent-mm therefor, consists 11i-providing a shovel with automaticmeansfor-impartin to it movements which will introduce 1t beneath a quantitymf material and then raise itin a mannercloselv simulating the movement of a shovel-when manipulated by 'hand- AIt is also desirable ,in-attacking a pile of-broken down material or mineral to be ableto move the shovel' across Vthe' front'o'ffthepile' so Y as lto attack different' portions thereof succ essively While deliver-ing the material thus gatheredyat a commonpoint of discharge.

i Anotherfeatureof my invention, therefore, consistsin having twoconve'yersyone of `which I call a gathering 0 r feeding con-A veyer which receives the material fromt-he s'ho'vel, and'a delivery conveyorwhich receives materialv from the gathering'conveyer and transfers itto the point of discharge; the first named conveyer'be'ing mounted with free'dom of movement about 'a vertical axis adjacent vto its pointof discharge on to the deli'very'conveyor and the lat-terbeing provided with a. hopper vthrou, ;h which it yreceives material from the gathering conveyor' 1909. serial No. 503,952: l

at any angle of the gathering confveyer; the 55 delivery conveyerbemg also adjustable ver- -t-ically to adaptA it to discharge vwith, the leastnecessary fall, into dierent'hei htsof vehicles or "receptacles for the materia f- In a machine of this .kind it is "very def"v '8o. sirable to-provideZ-for autolocomotion both for-'transportation and for vgradual advance of the machine toward the pile of, material being attacked sofas to maintain the shovel in effective relation to the material at all 65 Another feature of my invention,therefor'e, consists in mountin the machineion wheels, preferably-adapt to a track, andi providing it with a suitable prime mover ."70 `tlu'rough which it' ma receive either of -two movements, vto Wit, t e .relatively slow and1 gradual feeding movement Whichkeeps-thef4 .shovel 'in position to attack thev pile o'fmate frial, and aA relatively fast transportmoves 7' 5 ment by which the machinemay be 'moved from place `to p'lace; these-two nievem'e'nts "ff` As a machine of this typefinds one o f-its. 8o principal :field sgof usefulnessin loading coalferring.' mine'cars from themainline of trackage to the location of the .front of the breast of, coal. -A A feature of my invention, therefore, con-A sists in combining with the prime' mover i1-9o;

vcable traction means by which` mine cars may be drawn to and. from the machin'c,.' and 'a clutch mechanism 4by which the cable trac-A tion means maybethrow-n intov or out tof' operation at lwill.' l

A'Other features .of v myv invention 'consist f in thev particular construction,j arrangementand combination of partsWhereby-'I amenabled to accomplish the objects of my invention in 'aneconomical manner and whereby 10o the machine is adapted to withstandthe conditions un'dei which it must operate in-A practice.- Y l My inventionavill be fully understood upon' reference to thel accompanying'draw- 105 nUs, in which,

-gures 1 and 1a together represent a side elevation of a machine embodying thes'evmachine in eral features of my present invention. Fig. 1b is a view 'corr onding to Fig. 1 showin s. modified construction of the shovel an the parts which deline its movement. Fig. 2 is a side view on anenlarged scale of the form of shovel controlling means illustrated in Fig. 1, the'parts being in the positions which they assume beforelthe shovel begins to move forward beneath the pile of material. .Figr is avertical transverse section on the l1ne= 3-3 Fig. 2, with the cohveyer and/other parts omitted. Figs. 4 and 5 are views corresponding to Fig. 2, with the shovel controlling means in two positions succeeding that illustrated in Fig. 2, to wit, -when itis at its forwardlimit beneath the 4material and when it is in elevated position to dump the material. Figs. 6 and 7 are de tail views in side elevation and vertical transverse section of the switch employed for determining the return movement of the shovel in the form of controlling means illustrated in Fig. 1". Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views showing by horizontal section and side elevation the construction of the means for imparting aj relatively slow reciprocating movementto the thrust bar which actu- 'ates the shovel. Fi .10 is a'detail viewY of the form of'shove employed in Fig. 1". Figs. 11 and 12 showv by front elevation and plan View ,the means through which power is suppliedto the various operating parts of 'the machine,some ofthepartsvin Fig. 11 bein inV section on the.line 11-11 Fig. 1, andl ig. 12 showing the parts omitted which occur above the planelof the line 12-12, Fig. ,1;

s" will be seen upon lreference to the drawings, .the machine embodies a shovel section A, -a gathering `conveyer Bfja delivery conveyer v C,- adapted 'tol discharge into 'afcariornother"receptaleD, a suitable monntingfE, `prefefab/ly in the form of a wheeled platformfbr-truck*adapted 'to run upon a trackF, a suitable'prime mover G with driving connections and a cable trace .tion means H. l

Y Referring to' Figs. .1, 2, 3,'4 and 5, it will be seen that one Yembodimentof the shovel 50 section A, comprises a'shovel 1 which is `pivotally mounted. .at 2in a pair vof links 3 'whicharev inftrlsupported on pir itle s 4 thatnareeadaistetefslde in slots' 'nsthe cheeksnlates yelsection'nofthe;

.65 pile of material. "Asithe shovelmoves for` j Losannav wardunder the thrust ofthe bar 9, the pin 4 follows such movement in the slot 5, until the shovel reaches the position shown in Fig. 4 at which time a lever 10, fulcrumed at 11 y and carrying a stud 10a projecting through slot 12, will be engaged by a shoulder 13 on the shovel 1, and thrown' so that whileits lower end moves forward, upper end that engages a projection 4l on the pintle 4, will move rearward, and carry the pintle 4 with the result that the shovel 1 islifted to the position shown in Fig. 5 and` its contents will be discharged rearward. On the return movement of the thrust bar 9, which drawsv in the rear end of the shovel, the .pintle 4 cannot move forward owing to its engagement by a dog 14 pivoted at 15 and entering a notch 10b in the lever 10; hencethe return movement of the shovel will be in anarcuate path quite distinct from its outward and upward movement and there will be nov interference with the pile of material being attacked. However, as soon as the parts re vsume the position shown in Fig. 2, a pin 16 projecting from dog 14 through aslot.17,is 961 engaged by a horn 18 on the supporting link 3 and the dog is' thereby lifted'out of engagement with the notch 10b so that theA pintle 4 is free to move forwardbn the next 'j thrust of the shovel beneath the pile of ma-l 95 terial. A i From the foregoingl description, it will beA understood that the shovel moves directly beneath the` material on its outward stroke and `thereby engages with an-amount determined by the capacity of the shovel, after which by a continued forward and upward movement it assumes a dumping position; andA after dumping f returns in a muchWshQrterarct'a .position to renew the attack on the pile withoutri'a7vingdragged' or impinged thesurface of thepile being attacked.4 In orvder'LLliali-the material dis- Qhargedwrearwadly from the shovel may` reach the gathering conveyerljlim Tm pivoted at 22a iii/delivery "relation to t e conveyer, rests normallylupon 'the'v sho-eland is'moved by the'vshhvel from .the .po

`tion shown in Fig. 4, when the shovelreceives its load, to-the position shown;init-ig.I 5` when the shovelV will transfer vits contents to the chute and the. latter will .deliver it -to the conveyer. The chute as well as the -shovel contains side walls toA confine' the maj teriallaterally. 'A f 120 Thesupporting links, constitute guides for defining the'f/movement of the shovel and by the shifting of the pintles of the links, the forwardl end ofthe shovel is made to move upward but its arcuate path is soA defined that itassumes a rearwardly dumping angle. But I desire it understood 'that I do not limit myself to the means'thus far described for defining the path of the shovel as it will be seen upon reference to Fig. 1", that a 130 shovel such as 1a having trunnions 2a may be mounted to slide in slots 19 and 19 in the cheek-plate 6, which slots thus constitute guides and are so designed that the shovel will first move outward and be thrust beneath the pile and its forward end will then move upward into a position which establishes an effective rearward dumping angle. It will also be observed that the means for shifting the pintles 4 so that the guides can force the return of the shovel through a different path, find their equivalent to a large extent in the return slots 20 in the cheekplates 6a (Fig. 1b) while the means for shifting the shovel from one path to the other supplied by the levers 10, are replaced by switches 23 and 23a at the intersection of the guide slots 19-20 and 19a; these switches being pivoted at 23", 23, and provided with inclined deflecting faces 24 andv with limiting pins 25 and springs 26 by means of which they are held in position to engage the trunnions 2a and direct the latter into the proper slot.

The athering conveyer B comprises a supporting yoke 27 supported by a vertical trunnion 28 in a standard 29, and side arms 30 mounted upon said yoke and constructed with an upper transverse drive roll 31 and a lower guide roll 32 for an endless apron 33. Said apron is further supported by a deflecting roll 34 and any suitable number of intermediate rolls 35. The frame of the conveyer is preferably provided with side plates 36.

Movement is imparted to the endless belt or apron 33, by means of a beveled gear 37 on the shaft 31 driven by a toothed cone 38 on a shaft 39 which meshes through gear wheel 40 with a gear 41 on the outer ends of the transverse shaft 42 which carries on its inner end a gear 43 meshing with gear 44 on the upper end of the vertical shaft 45 that is concentric with the trunnion 28 and carries at its lower end a gear 46 meshing with gear 47 on transverse shaft 48. The shaft 48 is driven by a large gear wheel 49 that is loose on the shaft 48 but adapted to be thrown into driving connection therewith through themedium of a clutch 50 controlled by a hand lever 51 (Figs. 11 and 12). The gear Wheel 49 is driven bythe relatively small pinion 52 on the shaft 53 of motor 54.

To impart constant relatively slow reciprocation to the thrust bar 9 which operates the shovel, saidv bar carries upon its upper end aspecially constructed rack that meshes with an appropriately formed pinion 56 as hereinafter more fully explained, which pinion 56 is mounted upon a shaft 57 that carries a gear wheel 58 (Fig. 11)` meshing with a gear 59 on shaft 60 which carries at its opposite end a gear 614 meshing with the gear 40 whose driving connections with the motor have already been explained.

To keep the rack in constant engagement with pinion 56, duringthe longitudinal movements of the rack, confining rollers 56", 56y are spacedy respectively `above and below the pinion, a distance suitable to admit the rack between them and the pinion,

and preferably in position to bear against one of the Aside bars (55") of the rack; and for the sake ofsmooth working and durability, the opposingsupport of the 'rack by the pinion, is afforded not 'by the 'rack' resting between the pinion teeth, but through the opposite side of the same bar 55", riding upon a cylindrical extension 56", of the minedV so that the apron will take care of all the material deposited upon it. It will also be seen that these drivlng connections are maintained regardless of lateral adjustment of the gathering end ofthe conveyer B.

As will be understood from Figs. 8 and 9, the rack 55 comprises a pair of arallel bars 55a, 55b with interposed roller pins 55c some of which may have their pintles elongated to provide connecting bolts 55"; these roller pins being adapted to mesh with the teeth on the pinion 56 so that as said pinion revolves, the rack will be made to travel in the plane of its longitudinal dimension. In order to insure continued engagement of the pinion 56 with the rack at the limits of its longitudinal movement, and reversal of the racks movement as the pinion reaches either end, said rack is further constructed with arcuate end guides 55e that receive guide roll 56a mounted coaXially with the shaft 57 of the pinion 56. The guides 55e being concentric with the end pins 55C, it follows that when the pinion reaches an end pin, and longitudinal movement of the rack is arrested by the guide 55e, pinion 56 continues in engagement with the said pin, as the roller 56a travels in the guide 55, and the pinion shifts its relation from one side of the rack to the other. Inasrnuch as ,the driving shaft 57 of the pinion is mounted in fixed bearings, this results in shifting the rack from a plane tangent to the upper side of the pinion, to a plane tangent'to the lower side of the pinion.

The delivery convever C is constructed l with a frame 62 with vside walls 63, a lower drive roll 64 mounted upon a horizontalv l l axis about which the frame 62 is mounted to'.

swing, and an upper guide roll 65. This apron 66 travels from lthe rolls 64 and 65 and is supported intermediately by any suitable' number of idlers 67. A strut or compression member 68 extending from the frames 62 to a fixed part of the machine, and provided with means, such as a turn buckle 69, for changing its length, adapts the conveyer C to be adjusted to change the height of its delivery end 65.

To rotate the drive roll 64, it is provided with a pinion 70 that meshes with a pinion 71 on shaft 72 which is geared at 73 to a' pinion 74 on the shaft 48 which we have a1- ready seen, is thro'wn into and out ofconnection at will with the motor driven wheel 49. Inasmuch as clutch 50 determines the travel of both the aprons 33 and 66, it follows that material gathered by the apron 33 will be discharged by the apron 66 as fast as it is lifted. To receive material gathered by the apron 33, the conveyer C is provided with a hopper 74 of such dimensions that it will receive material lifted by the apron 33 at whatever angle the conveyer B may be adjusted to.

To transfer the machine, both for feeding the shovel into the material and for shifting from place to place, the motor 54 is designed to impart rotation to one pair of the wheels upon which the truck E is mounted at either of two speeds, approp`riate to the two functions to be performed. or these purposes, motor shaft 53 carries a pinion 75 meshing with a larger gear 76 on a shaft 77 which carries a small gear 78 that meshes with a large gear 79 on a shaft 80. Rotation is thus constantly imparted to shaft 80 at a much lower speed than that of the armature shaft. machine, shaft 80 is connected through a reduction gear 81, 82 with the axle 83, the gear 82 being loose upon said axle and adapted to be thrown into and outl of driving connection therewith through means of a clutch 84. The direction in which the machine will be transferred by the connections just described will be determined by the direction in which the current is sent through the motor armature.

To feed the machine slowly and gradually for keeping the shovel within reach of the pile of material, an independent driving connection is provided between shaft 80 and the axle 83, consisting of a sprocket 85 on shaft 80, a sprocket 86 on axle 83 and sprocket chain 87 connecting the same. The sprocket wheel 86 is loose upon'the axle 83, but may be thrust into and out'of driving connection therewith through a clutch 88.

The motor 54 is further employed for the urpose of transferring cars or other receptacles which the machine is adapted to load, to and from the loading position. For this purpose shaft 77 is further provided with a sprocket 89 connected by a sprocket chain 90 For transferring the with the sprocket 91 on a shaft 92 upon which are loosely mounted two winding drums 93, 94 that receive the opposite ends of a cable 95 that is guided at a distant point around an idler 96. By locating the idler at or near an opening adjacent to the permanent mine trackage, cars may be shunted from the main track and connected to the cable at such point and then by throwing a clutch 97 into engagement with the appropriate drum 93 or 94, the car may be hauled through the medium of the cable up to the dumping point of the machine. After the car is filled it may be connected with the opposite portion of the cable and the clutch 97 shifted to drive the cable in the opposite direction when the car will be returned to the main track. By retaining one of the clutch connections with the winding drums, and releasing t-he other drum, the machine may feed forward as the shovel operates and thus retain the car in loading position, the loose drum yielding to pay out cable as the car feeds along.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a loading device, a shovel, single forwardly and backwardly reciprocating means actuating the shovel in its reciprocating and tilting movements, front and rear supporting bearings for said shovel. and guides for said bearings coperating in defining the paths through which said shovel moves, the front supporting bearing traversing a path leading first forward to penetrate the mass, then upward and rearward to lift the portion of the mass engaged and to throw the lifted portion of the mass in the rearward direction, and lastly an arcuate return movement to the starting position, the reciprocating means being attached at the rear supporting bearing, whereby said rear bearing receives a rectilinear feed stroke and a similar return stroke.

2. In a loading device, ashovel, front and rear supporting bearings for said shovel and guides for said bearings coperating in defining the paths through which said shovel moves, the front supporting bearing traversing a path leading first forward to penetrate the mass, then upward and rearward to lift the portion of the mass engaged and to throw the. lifted portion of the mass in the rearward direction, driving means for imparting the entire cycle of movements to the shovel applied thereto at the point of the rear supporting bearing, said driving means having a straight., reciprocating movement.

3. In a loading device,'a shovel, front and rear supporting bearings for said shovel and guides for said bearings, single forwardly and backwardly reciprocating means actuating the shovel in its reciprocating and tilting movements, said reciprocating means being connected at the point of the rear supporting bearing, said bearings and guides constructed to define a path for the front bearing of said shovel first forward to penetrate the mass, and then upward and rearward to lift the portion of the mass engaged. and to throw the lifted portion of the mass in the rearward direction.

4. In a loading device, the combination of a shovel, means having a straight, reciprocating action for imparting a thrust to the shovel, a pair of links pivotally mounted and adapted to support the shovel forming forward bearings, a pair of levers pivoted to the res ctive link pintles at their upward extremities and at their lower end provided with studs projecting into guiding slots of the frame and fulcrumed to the frame at approximately their middle, means for restraining the forward movement of the link pintles, whereby the forward end of the shovel is elevated to cause the shovel to assume a rearwardly dumping angle.

5. In a loading device. the combination of a shovel,cheekplates adjacent to the shovel straight slotted apertures in the cheek plates, a pair of links pivoted at one end to the shovel and at the other end engaging said apertures in the cheek plates by a pair of pintles and adapted to support said shovel. levers fulcrumed to the cheek plates and pivoted to the link pintles moving in the slotted apert-ures, studs on the opposite ends of said levers, shoulders on the shovel adapted to engage the studs on the levers to reciprocate the links backwardly in the slotted apertures and lift the shovel to an angular position, causing the material to gravitate rearwardly, and a pivotally mounted chute resting with its free end in sliding contact with the shovel and receivin material discharged therefrom.

6. In a loading device, the combination of a gathering conveyer, a shovel, means having a straight, reciprocating action for imparting the several movements to the shovel, means for guiding the shovel comprising links supporting the shovel, guides for said links and levers cont-rolling said links whereby said shovel .will assume a movement first in the direction ofy penetrating the material and then in alifting direction until it assumes a dumping! angle, aA chute pivotally mounted at one end of, and in delivery relation t'o the gathering conveyer, the free end of said chute adapted to slidin contact with and receiving its movements rom the shovel in the various positions of said shovel.

7. In a loading apparatus, a conveyer, a shovel arranged to slide beneath and in ad- Vance of the conveyer, means for imparting reciprocating movement to the rear end of said shovel, cheek5 plates adjacent to the shovel, horizontal slotted apertures in the cheek plates, lpintles on the shovel and links having their lower ends pivoted to the shovel pintles and the upper extremities of said links adapted to slide in the slotted apertures, levers fulcrumed to the cheek plates and pivoted at their upper extremities to the link pintles, shoulders on the shovel adapted to actuate said levers in cooperation with said links and said apertures, to force the shovel upwardl at the limit of its forward movement, ogs holding the upper ends ot' said levers, said dogs, said links and said reciprocating means causing the shovel to return in a different path from that assumed in its outward movement, a guide for conducting the material from the shovel to the conveyer adapted to rest in sliding connection with the shovel in the various positions of said shovel, means for operatin the conveyer `and reciprocating the shove S. In a loading apparatus, a conveyer, a shovel arranged to slide beneath and 1n advance ofthe conveyer, guiding means comprising guide-ways and connections for the shovel, guiding the forward end of said shovel first straight forwardly, then upwardly at the limit of its forward movement and thereupon downwardly back to a horizontal position upon the rearward movement of the rear end of said shovel, said guiding means comprising guide-ways and connections between said ide-ways and the shovel, a guide for coniicting the material from the shovel to the conveyer actuated by said shovel, and means for operating the conveyer and the shovel, said operatingl means actuating said shovel at its rear enf.

9. In a loading apparatus, a conveyer, 'a reciprocating shovel, guiding means guiding the shovel forwardly, tilting it upwardly, and causing itv to move in an inclined position for a portion of its backward travel, said guiding meansr comprising guide-ways and connections between Said guide-ways and the shovel, a chute pivotally mounted upon the conveyer and in sliding contact with the shovel, and means for operating the conveyer andthe shovel, said operating means actuating said shovel at its rear end.

10. In a loading apparatus, a conveyer section, a shovel section connected thereto through means permitting tilting action of the shovel section relatively to said conveyer section; said shovel section comprising a `shovel situated beneath the conveyer section when at rest, guiding means for guiding the shovel forward horizontally upwardly to an inclined position at the end of its forward horizontal travel and causing it to recede in such position for a portion of its backward travel,- and a chute pivotally connected to the end of the conveyer section and riding in contact -withthe shovel; and

means for operating the conveyer and the for shovel, said operating means actuating said shovel at its rear end.

11. In a loading apparatus, a conveyer section, a shovel section connected thereto through means permitting tilting action of the shovel section relatively to sald conveyer section; said shovel section comprising a shovel sliding beneath and in advance of the conveyer section, guiding means for guiding the shovel horizontally forward u wardly to an inclined position at the end of its horizontal forward travel and causing it to recede in such position then downwardly to its starting position beneath the conveyer, a chute pivoted to the conveyer and in sliding contact with the shovel; means for operating the conveyer, and means for operating the shovel, said last named means actuating the shovel at its rear end.

12. In a loading machine, the combination of a shovel, a link in which the shovel is swingingly mounted, a straight guide-way for the link and a thrust connection at the rear end of the shovel through which the.

shovel is caused to move with its link and which coperates with said link and guideway to define the entire path through which the shovel moves, the end of the link where said shovel is mounted traversing a path leading irst forward then upward, and rearward, to impart to the shovel first a horizontal and then a lifting movement.

13. Ina loading device, the combination of a shovel, a member secured at the rear end thereof for operating said shovel, means supporting the shovel during its forward movement, and means actuated by said member and cooperating with said supporting means to raiseand retract the forward end of the shovel while the rear end of the shovel continues to travel forward.

14. In a loading device, the combination of a shovel, links through which the shovel is swingingly mounted, bearings in which the links are supported permitting the links to move with the shovel, means imparting a thrust to the shovel, and means applied at the rear end of the shovel contacting with the shovel for retracting the supported ends of the links.

15. In a loading device, the combination of a shovel, links through which the shovel is swingingly supported, bearings in which the links are supported permitting the supported ends of the links to move with the shovel, means applied at the rear end of the shovel for imparting a thrust to the shovel, means contacting with said shovel, coperatng with said thrust imparting means for retracting the supported ends of the links.

16. In a loading device, the combination of a shovel, links by which the shovel is swingingly supported, slotted bearings in which the linksare supported, permitting the supported ends of the links to move with the shovel, pivoted levers engaging the supported ends of the .links and adapted to reverse the movement of the links in said slotted bearings, and means for imparting a thrust to the shovel which is also adapted to engage the pivoted levers at the completion of the outward travel of the shovel, and swing them in a direction to impart the return movement to the supported ends of the links.

1T. In a loading device, the combination of a shovel, links supporting the shovel and having their supported ends movable with the shovel, means for imparting a thrust to the shovel, means for returning the supported ends of the links, and detents restraining the supported ends of the links to cause the shovel to return in a different path from that assumed in its outward movement.

18. .ln a loading device, the combination of a shovel, links supporting the shovel, bearings in which the links are supported, permitting their supported ends to move with the shovel, pivoted levers engaging the supported ends of the links, to return the links and raise the shovel, and detents engaging the levers after the return of the supported ends of the links to cause the shovel to return by a different path from that assumed in its outward movement.

19. In a loading device, the combination of a shovel, links supportin the shovel, bearings in which the pivote ends of the links are supported, intermedialy fulcrumed levers engaging the pivoted ends of the links and adapted to move the latter in opposition to the movement imparted by the shovel, means for imparting a thrust to the shovel that is also adapted to engage the pivoted levers and impart the return movement to the pivoted ends of the links, detents adapted to engage the said levers, to cause the shovel to return by a path different froin that assumed in its outward thrust, and means carried by the links adapted to disengage the detents by the return movement of the links.

20. In a. loading device, the combination of a conveyer, a shovel, means supporting the shovel and permitting it to move from a position beneath the end of the conveyer to a position forward thereof and then the forward end of said shovel to assume a position at a dumping angle above the conveyer with the rear end of said shovel remaining near the ground, and means applied at the rear end of said shovel for imparting movement to the shovel, said supporting means comprising a air of links, guide-ways for the links, oscil ating arms in connection with said links and contacting with the shovel.

Q1. In a loading device, the combination of a conveyer, a shovel, swinging means for supporting the shovel and guiding it in its movements from a position beneath the conveyer to a position forward of the conveyer, other means coperating with said swinging means for guiding the forward end of sai shovel to a osition above and in dum ing relation to tiie conveyer, and a chute a apted to discharge upon the conveyer, pivoted in proximity thereto and having its free end restin upon, and actuated by the shovel, s ai guiding and supporting means comprising a pair of links, guide-Ways for said links, oscillating arms in connection with said links and contacting with the l shovel.

22. In a'loading machine, the combinacause it to assume a penetrating and shovel- ROYDEN O. COUCH.

In presence of two Witnesses:

lV. A. CRACRAFT, ELMER A. REED.

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